This graphic shows key events in the establishment of a land flora. These were the primordial terrestrialization event by a unicellular ancestral charophyte followed by evolution of a novel cell ...
The initial radiation of vascular land plants, evidenced by increases in both diversity and morphological disparity during ...
The study, published in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, calls into question existing theories on the evolution of land plants. The researchers say the fossil ages ...
Over 450 million years ago, plants began the epic transition from water to dry land. Among the first pioneers were the ...
according to a report in the journal Science by researchers who took a fresh look at spore-like microfossils with characteristics that challenge our conventional understanding about the evolution of ...
Researchers decoded the genomes of ten hornwort species, revealing stable chromosomes and dynamic accessory DNA despite 300 ...
Over 450 million years ago, plants began the epic transition from water to dry land. Among the first pioneers were the ancestors of humble hornworts ...
the first woody plants appeared, and the water's edge was becoming a new kind of environment. The move to land was a very gradual process, and the evolution of limbs wasn't a simple adaptation ...